Tunequest Topic: video
Was doing some web-sleuthing this afternoon and ran across this video excerpt from the Classic Albums documentary series episode about Nirvana's Nevermind. The short clip features producer Butch Vig demonstrating the individual mixing tracks from In Bloom, commenting on its various parts and pieces, from the awesome groove of the isolated drums and bass (which they got on the first take), to Dave's harmonizing on the chorus.
I was ...
Grunge flashback: alternate video for Nirvana’s In Bloom
April 30th, 2008
In Bloom was the fourth and final single released from Nirvana's Nevermind. The familiar and famous video debuted in 1992 featured the band parodying 1960's style television musical performances (think the Ed Sullivan show). It's a tounge-in-cheek humorous production showing a somewhat more playful side of a band whose image (and the social movement it tipified) was generally sullen and full of, you guessed it, angst.
But behold! the original ...
Kelley Polar - I Need You to Hold On While the Sky Is Falling: A cool and special place that is good for thinking
March 24th, 2008
Before the beginning of this year, I had barely heard of Kelley Polar or his music. Toward the end of '07, I ran across one of his songs and checked out his debut album, Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens. I was hooked in short order. Color me exultant when I learned a new album would be coming out just as I was really ...
The Top 10 Best Songs by The Strokes
February 24th, 2008
I've been kickin around some of The Strokes albums lately and after repeated listenings, here are the ten songs I've found to be their greatest (so far).
12:51 (from Room on Fire)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsTJ4LDFsMM
"The world is shutting out... for us."
The upbeat melody and carefree feel make this one of the Strokes' most addicting songs. And its tragically short running time just makes you want to play it again and again. 12:51 is ...
Infographics, nuclear weapons and Ratatat
February 3rd, 2008
http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-lADZG6-PI
While perusing the Internet this morning, like you do, I stumbled upon this very compelling video at YouTube. I was drawn to it initially because the song used for the soundtrack is Ratatat's Gettysburg, and I'm a sucker for anything Ratatat related.
The video is a taut and thorough overview of the current state of nuclear weapons technology and proliferation in the world. It showcases all the nations that currently ...
In Rainbows: 160kbps of Radiohead goodness
October 9th, 2007
Via this 9rules note:
HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD:
THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s.
I haven't placed an order for In Rainbows yet because I was waiting to find out the quality and format of the digital files. With this news I'm a little disappointed. Sure, 160kbps is quite *acceptable* but I consider 192kbps to be my minimum bitrate ...
Radiohead announces “In Rainbows.” Released Oct. 10. Download for whatever price you want to pay.
September 30th, 2007
A very brief post at dead air space, the official Radiohead blog, informs the world that the band's first album in four years will be available for mass experiencing in ten days:
Hello everyone.
Well, the new album is finished, and it's coming out in 10 days;
We've called it In Rainbows.
Love from us all.
In Rainbows Discbox
The post links to the In Rainbows store site, which features a neat animated background ...
Foo Fighters - The Pretender: Best in a Decade
September 20th, 2007
The Pretender:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKhnmUdmz74
I think I'm in love with Foo Fighters again.
I've watched as the band kinda coasted down hill, or at least plateauing after achieving breakout success and emerging from the long shadow of Nirvana after There's Nothing Left to Lose. After that the band just seemed to be going through motions.
I still liked Foo Fighters during that time and some of their songs from that time are good, ...
Ethan Winer, one-man Cello section: 37 parts to a song played by one man
September 18th, 2007
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6627904867875032821
Ethan Winer plays all 37 separate parts on A Cello Rondo, including the percussion, on his cello. He also composed the song. The music is about 6 minutes long and the end of the video shows his digital music editing and some of his film setup. Not only is the production quite smooth, showcasing the power of modern technology to allow a single person to (relatively) easily create complex ...




